The Centre was set up in the early 1990s and it ran REBT courses in association with the Centre for Stress Management. In 2014 courses are being run in London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland.

We have revised and updated the course programme to make it more accessable to health professionals wishing to undertake Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at introductory and intermediate levels. The basic programmes are outlined below:

For the purposes of skills training, participants should be prepared to discuss two personal issues in the training group. Normal rules of confidentiality apply. Participants may wish to undertake either a shame attacking exercise or a low frustration tolerance exercise as a homework assignment.

NB. REBT was formerly known as Rational-Emotive Therapy. This course is AREBT approved primary certificate course.AIMSTo provide an introduction to the basic theory and practice of Albert Ellis’s rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT).

OBJECTIVESThis 2-day course will help participants to:

• gain practice in using the ABCDE model of emotional disturbance and change

ASSIGNMENTS & CERTIFICATE

A certificate is awarded to participants who successfully complete the module and a written assignment undertaken at home.

STAFF
The trainer is Professor Stephen Palmer PhD an Albert Ellis Institute, New York, Certified Supervisor for REBT He has been using REBT within his therapeutic and training practice for over 20 years. He has co-authored and edited a number of REBT books with Dr Albert Ellis and Prof Windy Dryden.

Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

CONTENTThis is a modular 5-day course. Students must attend both modules below:

OBJECTIVESAll of the objectives for the component courses are objectives for this course.

ASSIGNMENTS & CERTIFICATEA certificate is awarded to participants who successfully complete the modules and the assignments undertaken at home for each module. There is additional course reading and the submission of two REBT book reviews.

We have been providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) training for health and caring professionals since 1980s. Our Centres have trained many 1000s of students in these two approaches since 1987.

We run two courses that provide an introduction to CBT and REBT. The 2-day Primary Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Training (module 1) and the 2-day Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy & Counselling (module 2). These two courses form the Foundation Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural & Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and are both British Psychological Society Learning Centre approved. These courses provide knowledge and skills training for health professionals and may also be of interest to para-professionals.

CONTENT​This is a modular 4-day course. Students must attend both modules below:

This foundation programme is specifically for health and caring professionals who wish to attend a short course to gain an introduction to the theory and practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy.

AIMSTo provide an introduction to the theory and practice of Cognitive-Behavioural and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy.

OBJECTIVESAll of the objectives for the two component modules are objectives for this course.

ASSIGNMENTS & CERTIFICATEA certificate is awarded to participants who successfully complete the two modules and the assignments undertaken at home for each module. In addition to the fees for each module, there is an administration and certification fee of £50 for the Foundation Certificate.

ADVANCED PROGRAMMESThe advanced training programmes consist of a combination of the primary and certificate courses above. This modular programme is designed to be flexible thereby allowing health professionals to fit the courses around their work schedules. The programme can be undertaken over a period of time.

Advanced Certificate in Rational Emotive & Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (Successful completion of the Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). Additional modules from the Centre's courses can be added to the programme.